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Slovenia Human Rights Council of the Human Rights Ombudsman (Varuh človekovih pravic)
  • Executive and the legislative branches of government, independent statutory human rights bodies and civil society
 		The ombudsman is closely linked to the executive and legislative branches, independent statutory human rights bodies and civil society. This is reflected in the pluralist make-up of theHuman Rights Ombudsman’s Council, which is the ombudsman’s consultative body.
It consults the ombudsman on matters within their competence and is composed of 16 members. Following a public competition, the ombudsman appoints seven representatives of civil society and three representatives of the scientific community who are experts in the field of the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, whereby no more than two representatives of civil society and no more than one representative of the scientific community may be appointed from among people who did not apply to the public competition. Upon a proposal of the relevant authority, the ombudsman also appoints two representatives of the government and one representative each of the Advocate of the Principle of Equality, the Information Commissioner, the National Assembly and the National Council from among their employees who are not officials and who are experts in the field of the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Through the council, these stakeholders advise and structurally interact with the ombudsman directly. The ombudsman also cooperates with civil society in implementing the activities of the national preventive mechanism, as set out in national legislation. Internationally, the ombudsman is anactive member of many organisations. For more detail, see Background information for the FRA human rights structures tool. 		View more
Slovenia Media and information literacy (Medijska in informacijska pismenosti (MiPi)) project
  • The MiPi project is particularly interesting from the perspective of interactions and cooperation among various human rights structures, as it brings together manydifferent project partners.
 		The MiPi project covers the themes of media literacy, information literacy, internet safety, children and the media, and inappropriate content (e.g. cyberbullying or online sexual abuse), withthe aimof ‘raising awareness among the general public about the importance of critical and informed use of media content and information technologies’. The MiPi project is particularly interesting from the perspective of interactions and cooperation among various human rights structures, as it brings together manydifferent project partners. The MiPi project also includes elements of vertical cooperation among human rights mechanisms and structures: not only are many of the aforementioned partners also financed through EU funds, but the MiPi project is also partnered with international civil-society organisations, such as the European Association for Viewers Interests. For more information, see Background information for the FRA human rights structures tool. View more
Slovenia Strategic Council for the Prevention of Hate Speech (Strateški svet za preprečevanje sovražnega govora)
  • Active and vocal members of civil-society organisations, legal experts, researchers with expertise in media regulation and relevant governmental bodies (e.g. several ministries and the Advocate of the Principle of Equality).
 		The council seeks multistakeholder cooperation in tackling a pressing societal issue:hate speech, encompassing hateful comments and other types of derogatory verbal attacks on political opponents and active members of civil society, and ‘fake’ social media accounts.
The prime minister established the council, with its key tasks being to monitor hate speech in Slovenia and at the EU level and to propose actions to prevent it; to advise on the development of policies, changes to regulations and other measures that will contribute to more effective prevention of hate speech; and to contribute to the development of proposals for systemic changes and a model for a network of campaigns and training at the regional and national levels.
For more detail, see Background
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